A funny thread on the board chats about DeLoreans on game shows. For those not quite as ancient as moi, John DeLorean was an auto exec who founded his own car manufacturing company in the 1980s. The project collapsed spectacularly but not before churning out nine thousand gull-winged cars. A few of them turned up on game shows, like the pictured auto on The Price is Right.
The DeLorean was later immortalized in sci-fi flick Back to the Future. It's become a cult symbol of the eighties. The car's creator endured various vicissitudes in his personal and business lives. He beat a cocaine-dealing rap, divorced supermodel Christina Ferrare, and eventually declared bankruptcy. John DeLorean, dreamer and dasher, died in 2005.
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